Man charged with grievous bodily harm

A 22-year-old Girrawheen man has been charged with causing grevious bodily harm to a man outside a Northbridge kebab shop earlier this month.

Police say in the early hours of December 17 the 23-year-old victim was standing outside the Aberdeen Street shop when a man approached him and punched him, causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement.

He was taken to hospital with a severe head injury and his condition has deteriorated in the past week.